consultum

Latin

Etymology

A substantivisation of the neuter forms of cōnsultus (consulted), the perfect passive participle of cōnsulō (I consult, reflect, or take counsel”, “I meet, consider, or deliberate).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈsul.tum/, [kõːˈsʊɫ.tũ]

Noun

cōnsultum n (genitive cōnsultī); second declension

  1. a response by an oracle to the consultation or inquiry of a deity
  2. a decree, decision, resolution, plan, action taken, or measure adopted

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnsultum cōnsulta
Genitive cōnsultī cōnsultōrum
Dative cōnsultō cōnsultīs
Accusative cōnsultum cōnsulta
Ablative cōnsultō cōnsultīs
Vocative cōnsultum cōnsulta

Derived terms

References

  • consultum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • consultum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consultum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • consultum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 412/3
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to send and consult the oracle at Delphi: mittere Delphos consultum
    • a resolution of the senate (not opposed by a tribunicial veto) was made: senatus consultum fit (Att. 2. 24. 3)
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